| 1 | Princess Ai | "一無所懼" | 我不離開 | Shimmery Taiwanese arena-pop. |
| 2 | The Murder of My Sweet | "The Awakening" | Beth out of Hell | Soaring pop gothic symphonic metal. |
| 3 | Miu Chu | "My Way" | single | Ticking big-machine c-pop. |
| 4 | WILDE | "Infinite" | Flashlight | Metropopolis swoon. |
| 5 | VHS Head | "The Violent Breed Neon Mix" | Sarah Eat Neon 5 | Compupunk. |
| 6 | A-Mei Chang | "A級娛樂" | 我最親愛的張惠妹 - 給自己的精選 | The 80s are alive and meticulously preserved in Taiwan. |
| 7 | Tanya Tagaq | "AORTA" | single | Speaking in antimatter tongues. |
| 8 | Imperial Age | "Anthem Of Valour" | Warrior Race | Heroic symphonic metal. |
| 9 | Basia Bulat | "Fool" | single | Chiming Canadian indie-folk-pop. |
| 10 | Tonight Alive | "How Does It Feel?" | single | State-of-the-art high-gloss pop-punk. |
| 11 | Skunk Anansie | "Love Someone Else" | Anarchytecture | Remember rock bands? |
| 12 | Lucius | "Madness" | single | Swirly quirk-pop. |
| 13 | Shearwater | "Only Child" | single | Shearwater is the greatest indie band in the world if their latest song is later than the Mountain Goats' latest. |
| 14 | Ed Tullett | "Malignant" | Malignant (Single) 2 | Pixelated astral soul. |
| 15 | AURORA | "Conqueror" | single | Indietronic stomp-and-holler. |
| 16 | Santigold | "Chasing Shadows" | single | Post-world arena-mixtape groove. |
| 17 | Catey Shaw | "The Ransom" | single | Pop-synth-funk strut. |
| 18 | Cardiknox | "Into The Night" | single | Serious retro-synthetic bounce. |
| 19 | Moenia | "Me Liberé" | single | Even more-seriously-synthpop beep-pop. |
| 20 | Hello Seahorse! | "Animal" | Entretanto 4 | If you aren't following Mexican indie, you're missing the "America" in North America. |
| 21 | Basement | "Aquasun" | single | Pop-punk neo-blur post-emo. |
| 22 | Bearings | "What's Best for You" | Home Is... 3 | Sparkly way-post-emo pop-punk. |
| 23 | Dressy Bessy | "Get Along (Diamond Ring)" | single | Post-twee punk-cultural art-rock. |
| 24 | Prince Rama | "Now Is The Time Of Emotion" | single | Whooshy dance-punk. |
| 25 | Elisa | "No Hero" | single | Glorious Italian arena-pop. |
| 26 | The 69 Eyes | "Jet Fighter Plane" | single | Glam-macho gothic rock. |
| 27 | Nina Nesbitt | "Chewing Gum" | single | Scottish/Swedish folk-pop singer goes full dance-pop. |
| 28 | Delain | "Suckerpunch" | single | Gothic pop-symphonic metal. |
| 29 | Triángulo de Amor Bizarro | "Baila Sumeria" | single | Mexican popgaze. |
| 30 | Glint | "Daydreamers" | single | There is a universe where Radiohead didn't go nihilist. |
| 31 | Primal Fear | "Rulebreaker" | single | There is a universe where we all walk around in armor. |
| 32 | LaFee | "Ich gehör nur mir" | single | German arena-pop. |
| 33 | Guy Manuel Homem Christo | "Aerodynamic" | Quadrasonic | Epic electro-bow-pop. |
| 34 | Dr Peacock | "Rising Spirit - Original Mix" | Rising Spirit | Enyastep. |
| 35 | The Dunwells | "Hurts" | single | Stomp and quaver. |
| 36 | Blossom | "Hero" | single | If Paramore was one too many Paramores for you, you probably don't want this, either. |
| 37 | Laura Mvula | "Overcome" | single | Post-world plus Nile Rodgers. |
| 38 | Misun | "June (feat. Gil the Kid)" | single | Angular DC twee-punk. |
| 39 | Standing Egg | "To Be" | single | Korean indie-pop (not K-pop). |
| 40 | Ylona | "Blazing Fire" | Blazing Fire +1 | I think they're gearing up for Eurovision in Finland, too. |
| 41 | Wintersleep | "Amerika" | single | Dense, earnest Halifax indie-rock. |
| 42 | Bob Mould | "Voices in My Head" | single | Measured, pealing, Mould. |
| 43 | Varg | "Das Ende aller Lügen" | Das Ende aller Lügen | Folk-death. |
| 44 | Retropop | "Pakko muuttuu" | single | The best Finnish J-pop band I know. |
| 45 | Sløtface | "Kill 'Em with Kindness" | single | Norwegian chirp-punk. |
| 46 | Holy Esque | "Tear" | Tear / Strange - Single 2 | Hoarse Scottish cathartic guitar-indie. |
| 47 | Oscar | "Sometimes" | single | Sly, distantly post-new-wave Mancunian pop duet. |
| 48 | Ära Kra | "Strang & Schwert" | Ära Kra 3 | German progressive black metal. |
| 49 | Bloodiest | "Mesmerize" | Bloodiest | Chicago post-rock/doom-metal. |
| 50 | Sweden | "Just a kid" | single | No, really, don't call your bouyant Norwegian power-pop band "Sweden". |
| 51 | Babe Rainbow | "Now Is Not The Time" | single | Vaporwave was a perfectly good idea. |
| 52 | Tribulation | "Melancholia" | Melancholia - EP | Remix/demo epilogue to last year's many-poll-winning neo-trad metal album. |
| 53 | Khors | "Wounds Of The Past" | The Flame Of Eternity's Decline (remixed) | Remixed reissue of 2010 pagan black metal record. |
| 54 | RÓSA | "Everything's a Dream" | single | Yearning big-sky indie-rock. |
| 55 | Odio París | "Camposanto" | Cenizas y Flores | Surging Spanish nu gaze. |
| 56 | Ани Лорак | "Удержи моё сердце" | single | Florid Russian dance-pop. |
| 57 | Belako | "Key" | single | Echoey Spanish-indie synth-drum dance-rock. |
| 58 | School Of Seven Bells | "On My Heart" | single | Heartbreaking memorial dream-pop. |
| 59 | David Bowie | "Blackstar" | Blackstar | You hear my voice, but I was already gone. |